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"I truly wasn't expecting to come across so much Greco-Roman mythology in a primary source from medieval England. I almost felt that I was back to reading the Aeneid or another of the classic mythology poems." — Feb 07, 2026 02:22PM
"I truly wasn't expecting to come across so much Greco-Roman mythology in a primary source from medieval England. I almost felt that I was back to reading the Aeneid or another of the classic mythology poems." — Feb 07, 2026 02:22PM
Trust a liar once, and it’s their disgrace if they break faith. Trust them again, and it becomes your folly.”
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
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“You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment unless you trust enough.”
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“When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.”
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“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”
― Letters of Ted Hughes
― Letters of Ted Hughes
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
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